South Africa / 2005 / 8mins / Documentary, Portrait / Xhosa and English

This is a fascinating portrait of brave, quietly persistent Funeka Soldaat who is an out lesbian and anti-abuse activist. Living in the controlled homophobia of her Xhosa-dominated community in Khyalitsha, Funeka’s single-handed education of those around her progresses slowly but surely.

Martha Qumba

Martha Qumba is a journalist, author, writer and a filmmaker from Cape Town, South Africa. She has a BA in Languages, Philosophy and English from the University of the Western Cape and a Diploma in Journalism from the Peninsula Technikon. She writes poems, short stories and children’s books. In 2016, she released her first children’s book, How Whitey is Different from Darkie, and it was translated into seven official languages of South Africa. Learn More